One third of Wax Chattels, Peter Ruddell, pops up to talk about his new solo project, Sulfate. Peter chats to Rachel about producing and mixing his own songs, living in Japan and his upcoming tour and what it's like to go out on a solo endeavour. Check out his new track 'Speaking For Others' and grab your tickets to his gig at the Wine Cellar on July 26th.
After many years singing in Electric Wire Hustle and featuring on other people's projects, Mara TK has finally ventured into releasing his solo debut album, 'Bad Meditation'. He talks to Jess about his experience of creating his first solo release, while sharing some insight into several tracks from the album.
Tracklist: Highly Medicated
Te Kete Aronui
Bad Meditation
Grew Up Inna Chaos feat. 2MY
Toroa / The Albatross
Stand Up Stand Out is an annual competition that nurtures and showcases music and dance talent from secondary schools across Auckland. The winners were announced last weekend at a sold-out Auckland Town Hall, showcasing 26 diverse acts across five categories: dance, solo instrumental, group vocal, solo vocal and bands. To hear about the competition, its unique beginnings and what it means for Rangatahi, Frances caught up with Gene Rivers, Auckland Council Arts and Culture Programmer.
Includes a tribute to Max Merritt who pssed away on Thursday, and an interview with Mike Hodgson of Pitch Black on the eve of the 20th anniversary vinyl release of 'Electronomicon'.
Ian Tucker came in to play some old school folk on vinyl and we had a good strange time....... Happy New Year to y'all. Phil Och's , Tom Rush , Tom Paxton , Hoyt Axton and more.... THERE COULD BE CHANGES AFOOT 2021! Watch this space.